Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 165 priced lines covering 22,078 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 24,161 head. replacement cattle receipts at 793 head. Counted as USDA files them — 166 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 10, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Feeder CattleReceipts 24,161Last week 10,600Year ago 10,016

Replacement CattleReceipts 793Last week 145Year ago 37

Compared to last week steers under 500 lbs sold 3.00 higher, 500 to 800 lbs sold 15.00 higher, 800 to 900 lbs sold 10.00 higher and over 900 lbs sold 3.00 higher. Most lots of heifers under 800 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Over 800 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was good to very good for all offerings throughout the week. Rather large supple of calves and yearlings for this time of year. Some cattlemen might be selling grass cattle to save available grazing for their cow herds as the bulk of the state is very dry. Range fires were the normal last week, with low humidity and high winds and a spark from somewhere burned thousands of acres of grass and range land mostly in the central areas of the state. Nebraska feedlots had a spark too but, in a very good way. Live sales jumped upward as packers continue to line up numbers and seek cattle that will grade Choice. Live sales sold 9.00 to 10.00 higher from 182.00 to 186.00 and dressed sales sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher at 290.00.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	688	192.50–230.00	206.42
7	—	715	196.50	196.50
87	—	533	235.00–270.00	259.78
71	—	773	183.00–219.00	215.94
22	—	368	257.50–305.00	273.43
8	—	934	179.00	179.00
83	—	576	219.00–262.00	239.41
105	—	625	211.00–251.00	236.13
16	—	435	235.00	235.00
102	—	478	260.00–272.50	266.63
73	—	813	189.50–197.50	194.70
5	—	1,083	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
481	—	577	242.50–283.00	256.53
680	—	521	250.00–301.50	276.21
109	—	384	253.00–309.00	293.24
501	—	773	204.50–229.00	218.74
8	—	1,084	174.50	174.50
344	—	474	240.00–301.50	283.51
42	—	1,121	170.00	170.00
494	—	876	203.00–214.00	208.40
740	—	672	226.00–257.00	237.97
273	—	422	257.00–312.50	294.65
124	—	1,027	179.75–190.00	184.29
1,215	—	818	199.00–223.75	211.86
386	—	911	188.50–196.50	191.46
50	—	331	282.50–302.50	291.53
301	—	969	183.00–195.00	188.13
783	—	736	208.00–238.50	227.10
688	—	618	210.00–274.00	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	878	189.50–193.50	192.03
31	—	671	216.00	216.00
62	—	717	204.00–214.00	209.29
17	—	762	200.00	200.00
101	—	836	194.00–200.00	196.60
57	—	632	226.00–229.00	228.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
569	—	674	254.50–260.00	256.53
37	—	429	286.00–290.00	287.01
90	—	649	265.00	265.00
19	—	503	287.00	287.00
84	—	1,036	192.25	192.25
798	—	766	233.25–241.00	234.95
35	—	457	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	718	206.00	206.00
6	—	661	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	576	234.00	234.00
73	—	524	230.00–237.50	236.43
7	—	613	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	850	206.00	206.00
53	—	747	218.75	218.75
70	—	936	211.00	211.00
141	—	517	270.00	270.00
108	—	639	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	421	256.50–300.00	274.05
51	—	468	254.00–296.00	277.88
9	—	327	320.00	320.00
17	—	372	270.00–300.00	283.72
18	—	614	235.00	235.00
82	—	523	249.00–270.00	262.42
10	—	564	221.00	221.00
4	—	761	191.00	191.00
10	—	255	351.00	351.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	528	272.00	272.00
237	—	757	219.00–227.00	226.35
33	—	807	214.00	214.00
18	—	460	284.00–298.50	291.98
224	—	619	247.00–257.00	253.43
862	—	727	228.00–233.75	233.13
46	—	670	236.00–245.00	243.85
19	—	552	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	656	213.00	213.00
20	—	585	233.00–237.00	235.58
5	—	483	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	567	207.50–212.00	210.38
8	—	632	180.00	180.00
39	—	518	207.00–241.00	232.16
34	—	327	252.50–273.00	264.47
7	—	261	275.00	275.00
67	—	477	213.00–236.00	227.23
14	—	371	245.00–255.00	251.25
117	—	426	231.00–257.50	243.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
137	—	518	250.00	250.00
74	—	632	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	574	196.00	196.00
12	—	770	169.50	169.50
15	—	651	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	282	285.00	285.00
406	—	429	240.00–283.00	267.40
202	—	380	232.00–279.00	262.89
127	—	957	167.00–178.75	174.14
6	—	1,035	166.00	166.00
399	—	515	219.00–271.00	244.99
213	—	866	159.00–194.25	181.94
881	—	623	208.00–257.00	226.24
284	—	912	174.75–183.75	179.67
356	—	480	226.00–278.00	244.49
750	—	774	182.50–209.00	198.06
44	—	325	251.00–277.00	259.61
571	—	574	215.00–239.00	227.21
10	—	1,209	154.00	154.00
30	—	1,083	167.00–176.00	174.55
856	—	827	177.50–188.25	183.84
642	—	685	193.50–235.00	213.52
1,099	—	728	184.00–215.00	201.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	775	166.00	166.00
27	—	379	230.00–252.50	247.09
56	—	419	218.00–245.00	229.53
66	—	714	180.00–189.00	185.09
120	—	632	188.00–230.00	215.70
125	—	572	200.00–225.00	213.11
116	—	471	205.00–251.00	235.85
10	—	1,009	149.00	149.00
81	—	528	208.00–251.00	226.98
121	—	682	180.00–218.00	197.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	563	238.50–240.00	238.97
44	—	636	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	555	212.50	212.50
41	—	725	182.00–188.00	186.20
6	—	772	184.00	184.00
9	—	521	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	533	221.50–226.00	223.53
7	—	469	228.00	228.00
10	—	653	190.50	190.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	461	250.00	250.00
89	—	619	222.00–225.00	223.94
20	—	551	232.00	232.00
63	—	721	202.00–207.50	204.16
96	—	669	219.00–226.00	219.50
11	—	760	201.00	201.00
5	—	346	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	488	205.00	205.00
5	—	518	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	864	184.00–212.00	202.10
58	—	711	217.00–223.00	220.20
111	—	787	191.00–223.50	213.99
187	—	822	200.90–215.50	207.86
78	—	729	1,600.00	1,600.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	422	285.00	285.00
5	—	359	251.00	251.00
11	—	310	291.00	291.00
8	—	553	232.00	232.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	657	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	502	234.00	234.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,457	2,050.00	2,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,335	2,075.00	2,075.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,299	1,950.00	1,950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	33	—	1,349	2,750.00–2,950.00	2,895.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,197	2,850.00	2,850.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,300	1,675.00	1,675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,624	2,250.00	2,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,521	2,325.00	2,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,385	2,575.00	2,575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	35	—	1,535	2,525.00–2,725.00	2,588.47
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,204	2,500.00	2,500.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,048	2,800.00	2,800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,258	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,121	1,975.00	1,975.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,174	1,575.00	1,575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	171	—	1,233	1,675.00–1,775.00	1,728.58
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	58	—	1,300	1,575.00–1,650.00	1,591.41
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,401	1,800.00–1,850.00	1,829.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,057	1,550.00	1,550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	41	—	1,130	1,650.00–2,050.00	1,718.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	32	—	1,114	1,800.00–1,835.00	1,826.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,188	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	36	—	1,178	1,325.00–1,425.00	1,377.87

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Nebraska barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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